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WCDT: 2796-2800 (22-26 September 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
ZoeB:
A thought experiment. Pretend for just a minute that Claire had a more usual childhood and adolescence.
Exactly what difference would that make to your feelings about the comic?
Claire's a late bloomer. She had no idea that anyone could feel this way. Her reaction? To snuggle in total bliss, acting without thought, entirely on instinct. She's discovered things about Life that most know a decade earlier, and discovered things about herself too. Things she never suspected. My own experience here is recent enough so that I can remember what an eye-opener it was.
If things get more serious, have no fear that the comic will cease being QC if Marten's found Ms Right. Claire still has anxiety issues. Then there's Veronica. Then there's OMG CLINTON!!! If Claire did not exist, it would be necessary to invent her if Marten was to find is mate, but QC was to continue.
Jeph was very canny getting Claire's nonstandard background out of the way early, it could have proved a distraction from the more important issues of character growth and healing that we're getting into now.
If the Claire/Marten ship sails, there will be more, not less, story material about the Life and Times of Marten.
p.s. Squeee
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: lovethemix on 27 Sep 2014, 01:35 ---Apologies if that came off as patronizing :psyduck:. It's naive, but I've kinda used QC and it's community as a moral compass, coming from a privileged position.
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It didn't. It's fine. It came off as a rather kind and thoroughly human thing to say. Thanks!
Now onto more important things. Imagining the kind of wedding dress Claire might want. I think.. something so traditional it's outrageously over the top might actually work for her. Something she might allow herself to consider by then, and she has the looks and the hair to carry it off.
Of course it might only be a dream, figuratively if not literally. But a happy one, a growing one no matter what eventuates.
Half Empty Coffee Cup:
A pair of horses are pushing a cart down the road. When asked why, they said "neigh", but meant "Somebody just put it in front of us, I don't know why. It'd be easier to pull the damn thing." Seriously, though, marriage speculation? I'm rooting for them too, but, seriously... those horses are going to get tired. Then they'll drop dead and some smart aleck is going to come along and start beating them.
reicreature:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 27 Sep 2014, 01:36 ---Claire's a late bloomer. She had no idea that anyone could feel this way. Her reaction? To snuggle in total bliss, acting without thought, entirely on instinct. She's discovered things about Life that most know a decade earlier, and discovered things about herself too. Things she never suspected.
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This reminds me of the convo with Clinton after the wedding arc where she talks about being cautious but still going out living life and taking risks...which struck me as a very cool of her and that made me like her a lot.
She just seems the type that wins at chess without thinking too hard about the strategy.
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 27 Sep 2014, 02:59 ---Seriously, though, marriage speculation? I'm rooting for them too, but, seriously...
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I at least have an excuse. The one time I was in a remarkably similar situation, we ended up engaged within a few weeks, married after a sensible 1-year delay. It's our 34th anniversary in February.
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